More than 158,000 teachers, teaching assistants, guidance counselors and administrators drew a pension in 2017 from the New York State Teachers' Retirement System. They were employed in New York State public schools (excluding New York City),...

The database below shows the gross pay for roughly 250,000 educators at public schools in New York state during the 2015-16 school year, as reported by the New York State Teachers Retirement System. Their membership includes all full-time...

This is the fifth year some students across Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties have chosen to sit out grades 3-8 state exams. Here is the breakdown for test refusers for the English language arts exam, as reported voluntarily by...

The database below shows the immunization rates for each school in New York State for the 2014-2015, 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 school years, as compiled by the state Department of Health. Data for most New York City schools is not included.

Graduation rates for public school students in New York state continued to inch up in 2017, increasing to 80.2 percent. The database below, which uses data provided by the State Education Department, focuses on students who entered ninth grade...

The state university system had record growth in enrollment several years ago, but the rolls haven’t increased in recent years, records show. SUNY chancellor Nancy Zimpher said the enrollment levels comes with challenges as the system deals...

The New York state Education Department released the 2014-15 test scores for students in grades three to eight for English language arts (ELA) and math. For the third year, the tests students took were based on a new, more challenging...

More than 11,000 students across the lower Hudson Valley have refused to take this year's student exams. Here are the latest week 1 results as voluntarily reported by districts. For a graphic view of the total number and percent of students who...